tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7045130567003798341..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Problem We Won't Admit Even ExistsThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-39865858531587106712016-08-24T08:42:03.282-07:002016-08-24T08:42:03.282-07:00Mound, most people have no idea what the F35 is fo...Mound, most people have no idea what the F35 is for; it's just another war toy. <i>If the generals say we need it then we need it, etc.</i> <br /><br />Do the generals really know what the F35 is for? That's a serious question. They have such a terrible record of mal-purchase - do the submarines ring a bell? I have no doubt that Lockheed can make a wonderful sales pitch. I'm sure our golden boy PM will have his picture taken watching the plane do its loops. Does he understand what it is for? Does our rather dazed and amazed Minister of War understand? Our government is so tied up as colonial lacky to the White House that I'm really not sure at all that our powers that be or their opposition have a clue.<br /><br />By the way, it is about time our Ministry of Defense put some first class effort into boosting our Search and Rescue and our coastal defense. Forget Eastern Europe; Canada is the point. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-66160584961410586772016-08-24T08:05:11.210-07:002016-08-24T08:05:11.210-07:00Steve, in a nuclear war, we're toast. Bugger t...Steve, in a nuclear war, we're toast. Bugger the F35s. Rarely is it mentioned how the mere forward deployment of F35 units to place them in range to strike one of their two intended adversaries could quickly bring on nuclear escalation.<br /><br />You can't deploy these damned things without analysts being able to discern what you're about to do with them. To use them you have to place your entire military on high alert and that's all but impossible to conceal. You must prepare for everything from a pre-emptive strike against your forward bases by jittery defenders to a nuclear launch on detection of the 35's essential support aircraft nearing your airspace. <br /><br />For defenders it can trigger the "use'em or lose'em" mentality. Do you simply wait until the stealth attackers take down your air defences and leave your strategic weaponry vulnerable to destruction or do you prepare to launch your missiles, land based and on your subs?<br /><br />This reminds me of nothing so much as the strategic destabilization of the Cold War, first when the Americans toyed with the idea of adding the neutron bomb to their arsenal and then when both sides got into the Dr. Strangelove scenario of "launch on detect" nuclear tipped short and intermediate range missiles - one faulty circuit and the robots end the world.<br /><br />I find it deeply troubling that no one is talking about what these stealth warplanes are really intended to do - i.e. what capabilities do they add that conventional multi-role fighters may not - and, in those specific scenarios, how would the intended adversaries probably respond to their use?<br /><br />That's a conversation no one is having.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72744007383910719982016-08-24T07:20:15.020-07:002016-08-24T07:20:15.020-07:00In a nuclear war the F35 is nothing but roasted po...In a nuclear war the F35 is nothing but roasted pork.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16513282034685234862016-08-23T17:32:37.010-07:002016-08-23T17:32:37.010-07:00Does Lockheed buy parts from China?Does Lockheed buy parts from China?Tobynoreply@blogger.com